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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grōnēn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōnāną. Equivalent to *grōnī (green) + *-ēn.

Verb

*grōnēn

  1. to become green, flourish

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *grōnēn
1st sg. past *grōn?dā
Infinitive *grōnēn
Genitive infin. *grōnēnijas
Dative infin. *grōnēnijē
Instrum. infin. *grōnēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *grōnē *grōn?dā
2nd singular *grōnēs *grōn?dēs, *grōn?dēs
3rd singular *grōnēþ *grōn?dē, *grōn?dā
1st plural *grōnēm *grōn?dum
2nd plural *grōnēþ *grōn?dud
3rd plural *grōnēnþ *grōn?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *grōnē *grōn?dī
2nd singular *grōnēs *grōn?dī
3rd singular *grōnē *grōn?dī
1st plural *grōnēm *grōn?dīm
2nd plural *grōnēþ *grōn?dīd
3rd plural *grōnēn *grōn?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *grōnē
Plural *grōnēþ
Present Past
Participle *grōnēndī *grōn?d

Reconstruction notes

In the Anglo-Frisian descendants the stem shows umlaut which is probably in analogy with the adjective or from a hypothetical preform *grōnijēn.

Descendants

  • Old English: grēnian
    • Middle English: grenen
  • Old Frisian: *grēnia
    • West Frisian: grienje
    • Saterland Frisian: gräinje
  • Old Saxon: *grōnōn
  • Old Dutch: *gruonon, gruonen (attested as an intransitive class 1 weak verb, which suggests an early merger)
  • Old High German: gruonēn
    • Middle High German: gruonen
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